The exhibition of paintings by Andrey Yakovlev «The Four Seasons

16 February 2015

Dear Izborsk people and the guests of the museum! We would like to invite you to visit the opening of the exhibition of paintings by Andrey Yakovlev (1934-2012) «The Four Seasons» on February 17, 2015 at 14.00 in Merchant Belyanin’s house (Pechorskaya str., 39).

The exhibition features four triptychs «Spring», «Summer», «Fall», «Winter». These paintings were among the last paintings created by an outstanding artist from St. Petersburg. They are dedicated to Pavshino village in Leningrad Region – the place in Russia with very beautiful nature which used to be a great source of inspiration for him.

Andrey Alekseyevich Yakovlev - a People’s Artist of Russia, a full member of Russian Academy of Arts, the laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic named after I. Repin, the holder of awards from theUnion of Artists of the RSFSR, from the Union of Artists of the USSR, from the Ministry for Cultureof the USSR. He received a golden medal from the Russian Academy of Arts, a silver medal from the Exhibition of Economic Achievements of the USSR, a medal "For the Construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway".